Khamosh Pani
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| Khamosh Pani | |
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| Image:Sw cover 2.jpg Khamosh Pani movie poster | |
| Directed by | Sabiha Sumar |
| Written by | Paromita Vohra |
| Release date(s) | 2004 |
| Running time | 105 min. |
| Language | Punjabi / Urdu |
| IMDb profile | |
Khamosh Pani (Urdu: خاموش پانی; lit. Silent Water(s)) is a 2003 French/German production about a widowed mother and her young son; set in a late 1970s village in Pakistani Punjab, which is coming under radical influence.
The film was released in India too. It was shot in a village in Pakistan and won 7 awards.
[edit] Plot
Ayesha is a seemingly well-adjusted middle-aged woman whose life centres around her son Saleem - a gentle, dreamy 18-year-old, in love with Zubeida. They live in the village of Charkhi in Pakistani Punjab. Ayesha's husband is dead and she manages a living from his pension and by giving Quran lessons to young girls. The story begins in 1979, in a Pakistan under President General Zia-ul-Haq's martial law. The country has embarked on the road to Islamicization. Saleem becomes intensely involved with a group of Islamic fundamentalists and leaves Zubeida. Ayesha is saddened to see her son change radically. Events escalate when Sikh pilgrims from India pour into the village. Later, a pilgrim looks for his sister Veero who was abducted in 1947. This awakens heart-rending memories .
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